This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Report of Eight Cases on Different Subjects / by Wilson, Robert Taylor ; Acute Pneumonia / by Williams, Phillip Montague ; Stricture of the Urethra / by Cowles, Joseph Loyal ; Clinical Report of Seven Cases / by Mapp, Thomas Robbins ; Acute Peritonitis / by Downing, Stratton Bayley ; Lobar Pneumonia / by Blandford, Joseph Henry ; Fractures / by Carson, William Cowan ; Dysentery / by Atkinson, Edwin Eagle ; Opium / by Fisher, William Teakle ; Hernia / by Macgill, Charles Washington Griffith ; Congestion / by Duke, James ; Worms in the Alimentary Canal / by Keech, Thomas Attaway Reeder ; Rheumatism / by Cronmiller, Jr., John ; Dignity of the Medical Profession / by Everhart, Oliver Troxel ; Clinical Report of Eight Cases / by Saunders, Walton ; Dysentery / by Brooke, Alexander Mortimer ; Yellow Fever / by Chatard, Silas Marean ; Phenomena of Inflammation / by Dawson, William Hamilton ; Measles / by Dorsey, Robert Welsh ; Erysipelas / by Thompson, Thomas J.